Heel and sole edge blacking machine



(No Model.)

C. P. LEIGHTON. HEEL AND SOLE EDGE ELAGKING MACHINE. No. 415,674.

PatentedvNov. 19, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CARLETON F. LEIGHTON, OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES S. HILL, OF SAME PLACE, AND FORREST D. GREENE, OF BOS- TON, MASSACHUSETTS.

HEEL AND SOLE EDGE BLACKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,674, dated November 19, 1889. Application tiled June 14, 1889. Serial No. 314,304. (No model.)

To all whom t 77mg/ concern:

Be it known that I,CARLETON F. LEIGHTON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Beverly, in the county of Essex and State of lliiassachusetts, have invented new and useful Improvements in Heel and Sole Edge Blacking Machines, of which the following, taken in connection with .the accompanying drawings, is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in machines for blacking heels and sole-edges for boots and shoes, and it iscarried out as follows, reference being had to the accompan yin g drawings, wherein-f Figure l represents an end view of the machine, showing the ink-receptacle in section. Fig. 2 represents a plan view of the machine, and Fig. 3 represents a section on the line X X shown in 2.

Similar letters refer to similar parts wherever they occur on the different parts of the drawings.

In the manufacture of boots and shoes a blacking is applied tothe curved part of the heel as well as to the edges of the sole previous to burnishing said parts, and in applying such blacking the upper of the boot or shoe is liable to 'become soiled by the blacking; and to prevent the defacing of the upper, as well as for the purpose of blacking the heel and sole edges of boots and shoes in a quick and neat manner, I construct my machine as follows:

a is a suitable base-plate having1 upwardlyprojecting bearings a a', in which is journaled the brush-shaft l), having secured to it the pulley b', to which a quick rotary motion is conveyed by belt-power, preferably from a counter-shaft and pulley overhead, or in any other suitable or convenient manner.

To the forward end of the shaft b is secured a circular brush, preferably composed of a wooden hub c', to which are attached the radial bristles c, as shown in the drawings. On the shaft l), outside of the said circular brush, is arranged the circular brush-guide and upper guard d, having a thin circular edge d', adapted to be inserted at the junction of the upper and sole (or heel) of a boot or shoe S, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 3,

during the operation of applying the black ing to the heel or sole edge of the boot or shoe.

The brush-guide and upper guard d d may be secured to the rotary shaft l), or it may be loosely journaled thereon, without departing from the essence of my invention. tice I prefer to arrange the said brush-guide and upper guard loose on said rotary shaft, as shown in Fig. 3, and for this purpose I locate on the outer end of the shaft l) a sleeve e, on which the disk d is loosely journaled.

The brush-hub c and the sleeve e are secured between washers b and b3 on the shaft b by means of the nut b4 on the screw` threaded reduced outer end of the shaft b, as shown in Fig. 3, or in any other suitable or equivalent manner, without departing from the essence of my invention. Back of the rotary brush c c is arranged a similar circular brush, composed, preferably, of a wooden hub f', provided with radial bristles f, as shown in Figs. l and 2.

The brush-hub f is secured to a shaft g, journaled in bearings g g', connected together by a plate or bar g, that is secured, preferably, in an adjustable manner to the base-plate c, as shown.

I prefer to make slots a c, in the base a, and to secure the bearing-bar g to the plate a by means of screws and nuts h h, as shown, so that the brush f f can be adjusted toward the brush c c from time to time to compensate for any wear that may take place on the latter.

The bristles of the brushes c and f intermesh, so that a rotary motion is imparted to the brush f from the brush c as the latter is rotated.

z' is a trough or box arranged below the brush f, which box contains the liquid blacking t" that is to be applied to the heel or sole edges of the boots or shoes. A portion of the brush f is submerged in the said liquid blacking, as shown in'Fig. l. The trough 't' is supplied with a proper amount of liquid In pracblackin g in any suitable or convenient manner. A

In the drawings I have shown a reservoir c, having. a pipe k leading from its lower end to a point abovethe trough t', so as to allow a desired amount of liquid blacking to be fed into the trough z' from said reservoir 7c. For the purpose of regulating the supply of blacking from the tank or receptacle lo, I provide its discharge-pipe it with a regulating stop-cock 7c, as shown in Fig. l.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The brush-shaft b is set in a rotary motion by means of belt-power applied to its pulley p b', causing the brush c c to be rotated. The rotation of the brush c c imparts a rotary motion to the brush f f the bristles of which are kept saturated with the ink or blacking i', contained in the trough t', as described, and in this manner a proper amount of blackin g is automatically conveyed to the rotary brush c c. The operator takes the boot or shoe S and inserts the thin edge d of the guard-plate d between the upper and sole (or heel) and guides the shoe relative to said guard by turning it around until the soleedge and curved heel surface have been properly blacked by the rotary brush c c. During the operation the disk d d effectually prevents any of the blacking from soiling the upper of the boot or shoe; at the same time it serves as a means for properly guiding the boot or shoe.

If so desired, the liquid blacking from the' tank la may be conveyed directly to the brush f or the brush c without departing ,from the essence of my invention.

heels of boots and shoes, consisting of two revolving brushes, each comprising bristles, with those of one intermeshing with those of the other, a blacking-trough in which one of the said brushes rotates, and a brush-guide and upper guard composed of a plate arranged beside the brush which applies the blaoking to the sole-edge or heel, substantially as described.

In testimony whereofl have signed myname to thisspeciiication, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 6th day of April, A D. 1889. p Y

CARLETON F. LEIGHTON.

Vit'nesses:

ALBAN ANDRN, FRANCES BUTLER. 

